Police should require a warrant before searching stored data from automated license plate readers.

Cities should not buy automated license plate readers. Where they still operate, courts and state legislatures must require police to get a warrant before searching stored ALPR data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/require-police-get-warrant-search-alpr-data

Require #Police to Get a #Warrant to Search #ALPR Data Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are mass #surveillance. They photograph every passing car and log where and when it was captured, building a searchable record of where nearly everyone drives. Cities should not buy them, and cities that already have them should shut them down. Where these systems still operate, courts and state legislatures must reduce their harms by (among other things) requiring police to get a warrant before searching stored ALPR data. #privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/require-police-get-warrant-search-alpr-data